Bee Season

Eleven-year old Eliza Naumann is the odd one out in a family of great success. Her father Saul is an esteemed professor of religious studies, her mother Miriam is a scientist and her teenaged brother Aaron is a top student. When Eliza´s father learns that she unexpectedly has begun to win spelling bees, he takes on the role as a coach but his growing preoccupation with Eliza´s gifts draws his attention away from his wife and son. The psychic vacuum this shift creates provokes a chain of events that shakes the Naumann family´s very foundations. Based on Myla Goldberg´s critically acclaimed bestseller and beautifully adapted by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal, Bee Season offers its viewers gifts that are rich and varied. The directing team of Scott McGehee and David Siegel has gathered an all-star cast led by seasoned veterans Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche, but also Flora Cross and Max Minghella, providing truly touching performances in their cinematic debuts. The result is a sensitive tapestry zeroing in on what happens to a family´s emotional equation when one member no longer plays ones role and how their the least likely member can fill in the gap. CHRISTO BURMAN

Premiärstatus
Nordisk premiär: Medverkande
Richard Gere, Juliette Binoche, Flora Cross: Producent
Albert Berger & Ron Yerxa: Manus
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal: Foto
Giles Nuttgens: Musik
Peter Nashel: Talat språk
English